Engineering Manager (d/f/m)

At Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. we help create, collect and distribute free knowledge. 

In 2004, volunteer Wikipedia activists founded the non-profit association Wikimedia Deutschland in Berlin, which now consists of over 100,000 members and 160 full-time staff.

Free knowledge leads to a fairer world. Wikipedia is the most important online knowledge collection of our time. The German Wikipedia alone records almost 1 billion page views per month for a total of 2.6 million articles. We – Wikimedia Deutschland e. V. – support the volunteers of Wikipedia and its sister projects, develop free software, such as Wikidata, and advocate for free access to knowledge, the opening of education and research, and more common good orientation in data policy.

For our Team Fundraising Technology, based in Berlin, we are looking for a permanent Engineering Manager (d/f/m), part-time (20h /week), as soon as possible.

About the position & the team:

Department to lead a team of software engineers for Fundraising Technology (FunTech).

Fundraising Technology (FunTech) is our core team that supports our yearly fundraising campaign operations by developing and maintaining the underlying software to announce, alert, process, and deliver donations from our websites through the MediaWiki software platform.  

This position is purely people management. You will mentor and lead the team of developers who improve the Fundraising project software, including developing and maintaining the existing Fundraising app and infrastructure and supporting the annual fundraising campaign (e.g., implementing banner designs). 

They develop open-source software that puts user needs first and increases user satisfaction. Our Fundraising efforts fuel our continued work for the Wikipedia community, our large-scale software projects such as Wikidata and Wikibase, and our efforts to help secure access to free knowledge around the globe, to name a few examples.

They focus on campaign banner testing procedures and analysis, API development, and maintenance to integrate various banking and financial services with our Wikimedia websites. As the engineering manager for FunTech, you will be part of an interdisciplinary team. Your role will be to focus on our developers’ personal and team growth. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading, growing, and managing a team of software engineers for Fundraising Technology (FunTech).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams — with engineers, product managers, and UX team members — who build products used by hundreds of millions of people around the world.
• Collaborate with other engineering managers and cross-functional team leads on strategy, development, technical guidance, hiring, and cross-department processes. 
• Mentor and support the team to maintain a high work and life quality.
• Support the teams to align development with the overall goals of the organisation.
• Represent team members within the organisation and publicly.
• Coordinate with other software product teams and organisational departments.

What we offer:

• A participative collaboration guided by our values: participation, diversity, free and open access, equity, sustainability and respectful collaboration
• Benefits: 30 vacation days and additional time off on Dec. 24th and New Year’s Eve, access to our company pension scheme allowance, continued salary in the event of sick children
• € 500 gross one-off payment for home office equipment
• € 300 gross per year (€ 25 per month) Allowance for running costs in the home office
• All overtime is recorded and converted into compensatory time off
• An office located in the center of Berlin and hybrid work options
• WorkingAbroad@WMDE up to 4 weeks per year 
• In-house training and continued professional development as well as free external life coaching (professional advice and coaching on job-related and private issues)

What makes you right for this role:

• Experience as an inclusive team leader (team lead, senior developer, or manager) within an agile software development environment.
• Experience collaboratively managing and growing diverse and inclusive software development teams that work together in multi-disciplinary team settings – with engineers, UX specialists, and product managers as strong collaborators.
• Experience managing a hybrid/remote software engineering team.
• Experience contributing to the enablement of your team members and overall team.
• Well-established interpersonal and external communication and collaboration skills.
• Proficient written and verbal communication skills in English, as well as a willingness to learn German.

Interested?

Then apply now! Send us your detailed application documents (Resume & Motivational Letter (yes, we read them)) via our job portal. We kindly ask you to refrain from application photos and information on date of birth, marital status and parents. 

Our HR team will be happy to answer your questions. Please contact us via [email protected] 

Wikimedia Germany is committed to equal opportunities and does not discriminate on the basis of, for example, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or belief, political or other convictions, gender, age, disability, or sexual identity or orientation.